Electric bath-robe.



PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

E. B. RAYNER. ELECTRIC BATH ROBE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2,1902. RENEWED JAN. 27 1905.

,pendent use.

' UNITED STATES PATENT oF IoE.

EDWIN B. RAYNERrOFPIQUA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR To CLARK- B.

- JAlVIISQN AND .WILLIAM J. PRINCE.

- ELECTRIC BATH-ROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1965.

Application filed October 2, 1902. Renewed January 27, 1905. Serial No. 242,953.

' utilization of electricity in electrotherapeutics for either simultaneously passing the current throughthe body and heating the same to produce sweating or subjecting the body to either treatment separately, as desired. Combined with the robe is a hood detachably connected therewith for conjoint or inde- For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowl edge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be hadto the following description andiirawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic featuresof the invention are susceptible of modi fication, stili the preferred embodiment of the'invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which' Figure 1 is a detail view of the robe and I hood extended. Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the robe on a larger scale. Fig. 3 1s a detail view of the hood.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same reference characters.

The robe 1 may be of any length and breadth and composed of desired material, fabric of any nature being em lo .ed. The material selected should be su clently soft to readily conform to the person when the robe is wra ped about the body and should possess su cient stren thto retain the electrodesand heating-coi s in proper position. Upon one side or face of the robe are placed a "series of'heating-coils 2 of Wire of a gage to ofi'er resistance to the passage of an. electric current, whereb the coils are heated, so as to warm the patient or person usin the robe for therapeutic or other purpose. he heating-coils maybedis osed in any relation, so as to cover the su ace of the robe, and by reference they. are arranged in vertical and horizontal columns or lines. The'heatin coils are; connected in series and practicalfy are formed of a single wire, so as to be included in a sin le circuit. Any suitable fastening means or attaching the coils to the robe may be employed, and, as shown, ieces of fabric 3 are stitched to the robe an confine the convolutions of the coils and-the, con necting parts of the wire to the robe, the

pieces 3 being stitched to the part-1. To pre-, vent short-circuiting of the convolutions ofthe individual coils, a strip 4 of fabric extends over'said convolutions and comes between the same and a part of the wire crossing thereover, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. One terminal of the wire connects with a binding-poster coupling 5 and the other terminal wlth a similar part 6, the leads from the battery or generator being connected with the parts 5 and 6 in the well-known manneix.

A hood 7 is provided at one end of the robe for enveloping the head and is detachably connected with said robe andis provided with flaps 8 to envelop the throat and other flaps 9 to embrace the head. This hood may be constructed of any suitable material, fabric of any kind being preferred, and is provided with a heating-coil '10, which is adapted to be included in the same circuit with the heating-coils 2 of the robe. The

heating-coil 10 is attached to the hood in of construction. 'Bindin'g-posts or coup lings 14 and 15 are connected with, respec-- tively, the contacts 11 and 12, and the terminals of the wire of the coil 10 are adapted to be connected with the parts 14 and 15 when the hood is in position for use. When it is not required to use the hood, the heating-coil 10 is cutout of circuit by closing the switch 13. When the hood is to be used, the terminals of the wire, including the heatingcoil 10, are connected to the parts 14 and 15, and the switch 13 is o ene'd. Hence "*the heating-coils of the hoo cluded in the same circuit.

and robe are iny Electrodes 16 are applied to the same side of the robe and hood provided with the heating-coils and are connected in series and are desi ed to cause the passage of the current through the body. To effect this result, the electrodes 16 are divided into two sets or series, which are electrically separated, the electrodes of each series being electrically connected by means of wires 17 and 18, arranged on the outer face or side of the robe. The wire 17 has its terminal connected with the binding-post or coupling 19, and the wire 18 has its terminal connected with the bindinggost or cou ling 20. The leads from an in uction-co' dynamo, or magneto-electric machine are adapted to be connected to the parts 19 and 20, so as to appl the current to the bod? through the electro es 16 in a manner wel understood. The electrode ap lied to the hood has the wire leading there om adapted to be connected to one of the wires of a set ofelectrodes applied to the robe, and, as shown, the wire 8 terminates in a bindingpost or coupling 21, to which the terminal of the wire 22, leading from the electrode of the hood, is adapted to be electrically connected. The wires connecting the electrodes 16 are insulated in the accustomed way to aiford protection.

The robe is used by being wrapped around the body of the patient or' erson desiring treatment, and if a sweat-bat is desired the current is caused to pass through the heatingcoils. If it be required to treat the body electrically, the current from the induction-coil,

. dynamo, or magneto-electric machine is caused to pass through the electrodes. If it is desired to indulge in a sweat-bath solely,

the body is wrapped in a blanket preliminary to being envelo ed in the robe, in which case the blanket or e coverin absorbs the pers iration as soon as it reac es the surface of t e skin. For administering the current to the body it is necessary that the electrodes come in contact with the skin. Hence in this treatment the robe must come in contact with the erson.

The electro es 16 may be disposed at any determinate points in the surface of the robe;

but it is preferred to locate them centrally of the heating-coils, thereby centralizing the wiring and enabling the robe to conform" more readil to the person when wrapped around the ody.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In an electric therapeutic appliance, a hood for the human head provi ed with a heating-coil and having a series of flaps for enveloping thethroat and face, substantially as described.

2. An electric therapeutic appliance com risin a robe, for enveloping the body, a hood or the head and throat detachabl connected to the robe, electrodes ap lie to a side of the robe and hood, means ibr throwing the electrode of the hood into and out of circuit with the electrodes of the robe, and means for closing the circuit throu h the electrodes of the robe when the hoo is cut out of circuit, substantially as described.

3. An electrotherapeutic appliance consisting of a robe, heatmg-coils applied to the robe, and electrodes applied to a side of said robe and subdivided into two series and having the electrodes of each series electrically connected, substantially as described.

4. In an electrotherapeutic appliance, a robe, heating-coils applied thereto, and electrodes located centra ly of the heatin coils and connected in series, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN B. RAYNER.

Witnesses:

C. B. JAMISON, JAS. WARD Ken. 

